The Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced the winners during the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony.
Max Greenfield hosted the ADG ceremony on February 10 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood. David Lowery, Francine West, and Wynn P. Thomas received ADG Lifetime Achievement Awards. Deep Impact filmmaker Mimi Leder received the Cinematic Imagery Award. Laurence Paull was inducted into the ADG Awards Hall of Fame.
As far as the impact on the Oscar race for Production Design, tonight’s award wins give an edge to both Oppenheimer and Poor Things. The two films are competing against Napoleon, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie.
FEATURE FILM WINNERS:
PERIOD FEATURE FILM
- Oppenheimer
- Production Designer: Ruth De Jong
FANTASY FEATURE FILM
- Poor Things
- Production Designers: James Price, Shona Heath
CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
- Saltburn
- Production Designer: Suzie Davies
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Production Designer: Patrick O’Keefe
TELEVISION WINNERS:
ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- The Great: “You the People,” “Fun,” “Peter and the Wolf”
- Production Designer: Francesca di Mottola
ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- The Last of Us: “Infected”
- Production Designer: John Paino
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- Succession: “America Decides”
- Production Designer: Stephen Carter
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
- Beef
- Production Designer: Grace Yun
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- Reservation Dogs: “Deer Lady”
- Production Designer: Brandon Tonner-Connolly
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
- Frasier: “Moving In”
- Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
VARIETY or REALITY SERIES
- Squid Game: The Challenge: “War”
- Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Benjamin Norman
VARIETY SPECIAL
- 80th Golden Globe Awards
- Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
COMMERCIALS (TIE)
- Apple: The New Macbook Pro: “Scary Fast”
- Production Designer: François Audouy
- Booking.com: “Somewhere, Anywhere,” The Musical
- Production Designer: Florencia Martin
SHORT FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEOS
- Taylor Swift: “I Can See You”
- Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
The 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards were held on February 10, 2024.
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